Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara

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Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western Pakistan, which were produced during Hellenistic times up to the Guptas. He classifies …

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen

Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden

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The analysis of archaeological textiles in order to write their ancient cultural history is still in its infancy. This study contributes to this process by cataloging more than 600 original pieces of headwear from the late Roman and early Byzantine …

Die Baubefunde des frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatzes von Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf IV

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Mit diesem Band wird die Veröffentlichung der umfangreichen Ausgrabungen an dem frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatz mit Gräberfeld fortgesetzt. Im Mittelpunkt des Werkes stehen die zahlreichen Baubefunde, die durch Ausgrabungen freigelegt und dokumentiert wurden: Grubenhäuser, Brunnen, Gruben, Feuerstellen und Gräben. Das Aussehen der …

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Passau I

Die ehemaligen Bezirksämter Passau und Wegscheid

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Der Band umfasst 185 Editionen der Inschriften des Landkreises Passau, die sich in den ehemaligen Bezirksämtern Passau und Wegscheid befinden. Erfasst sind alle Inschriften vom hohen Mittelalter bis zum Jahre 1650, von denen der Großteil noch im Original erhalten ist. …

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

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This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented provenances and written sources on the cult of relics, basic conditions of …

Dawn of Japan

Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors

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In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan’s legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the emperor’s historic deeds almost exactly as do the eighth-century legends in the …

Feinkeramik aus Knidos vom mittleren Hellenismus bis in die mittlere Kaiserzeit (ca. 200 v.Chr. bis 150 n.Chr.)

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During the time of Hellenism and of the Empire, the ancient city of Knidos was one of the most important manufacturing centers of fine tableware in the eastern Mediterranean. To date, Cnidian ceramics have only been partially researched. With the …

Etruskisch-italische und römisch-republikanische Häuser

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In contrast to the tombs and shrines, the pre-Roman houses of Italy have been poorly studied. Although Etruscan studies have for some time been concerned with living quarters of the early Iron Age and the Archaic period, the findings from …

Die Waffen aus dem Oppidum von Manching

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The approximately 800 weapons fragments from the oppidum of Manching, which covers over 300 years of settlement history, found their way into the ground for many different reasons. Partly it was through conscious deposits, partly simply due to loss. They …

Stadtbelagerung in der Spätantike – das Berliner Holzrelief

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Since the first publication about it in 1901, this unique wooden relief has been attributed to the Coptic maker because it was discovered in Egypt. The precise meaning of its richly detailed and impressive imagery, however, had remained shrouded in …

Die Inschriften des Mainzer Doms und des Dom- und Diözesanmuseums von 800 bis 1350

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Ob gemalt, geritzt oder geschlagen, Inschriften üben stets eine große Faszination aus. Darüber hinaus sind sie nicht nur für die historische Forschung, sondern auch für die Kunstgeschichte, die Kirchen- und Mentalitätsgeschichte von unterschätzbarem Wert. Dank der zentralen Rolle, die die …

Die Dekorelemente der Elfenbeinskulpturen des Kalifats von Córdoba (Mitte 10. bis Anfang 11. Jahrhundert)

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The life work of the architect and art historian Christian Ewert was the investigation and analysis of west Islamic architectural adornment, from its flowering in the 10th Century through to the 12th Century. His last monograph, completed shortly before his …

Madrider Mitteilungen

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M. KUNST
Das Projekt ›Sizandro und Alcabrichel. Zwei kupferzeitliche Siedlungskammern im Vergleich‹ (Torres Vedras, Portugal), mit 2 Textabbildungen
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R. DAMBECK, H. THIEMEYER, N. HERRMANN, A. J. KALIS, M. KUNST, A. LORD, H. RITTWEGER, H.-P. STIKA und A. STOBBE
Holozäne Talentwicklung und Landschaftswandel …

The Pottery from the Early Medieval Trading Site and Cemetery at Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf III

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This book is an archaeological study involving natural sciences analyses of the ceramic find material from the settlement and the cemetery of the early medieval trading site Groß Strömkendorf, Nordwestmecklenburg. During the 8th and early 9th century Slavs, Scandinavians and …

Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition

Vol. 1: Excavations in the Craftsman Quarter at the Main Road (= Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, Vol. 2)

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Karakorum, the first capital of the Mongol empire, has, since 1998, been explored by archaeologists from the University of Bonn in an interdisciplinary and international cooperation project. This first multi-year study of a newly founded city in the Mongolian steppe …

Die »ägyptische Grotte« von Vulci

Zum Beginn der Archäologie als wissenschaftliche Disziplin

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The Egyptian grotto, as the Isis-Tomb of Vulci was called when it was discovered in the nineteenth century, is one of the most prominent tombs of the orientalising period in Etruria. Friederike Bubenheimer-Erhart presents in this volume many important documents …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

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The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting, textile arts, minor and applied arts as well as archaeology. Analyses of individual works and groups …

Die koptischen Textilien im »museum kunst palast« Düsseldorf

Teil 2: Figürliche und ornamentale Purpur- und Buntwirkereien

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The catalogue refers to the publication of the first part of the textile collection of the museum kunst palast in Düsseldorf, prepared by Karl-Heinz Brune. Presenting 276 catalogue numbers it completes in the main the publication of those textiles stored …

Die antiken Architekturformen im nördlichen Schwarzmeergebiet

Herkunft und Entwicklung

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The study investigates the appearance and further development of architectural orders in the major Greek colonies in the North Pontus, especially in the main cities Tyras, Olbia, Chersonesos and Pantikapaion. Special attention is paid to the question of the local …

Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen

Band 3, 2010

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Miriam Noël Haidle / Sophady Heng / Heike Tausendfreund / Reinhard Vonthein
Wanted: Soft and friable witness. Mimotien ceramic artifacts

Reinhold Walburg
A deposit of goddess plaques at Tissamahārāma – some preliminary considerations

Nimal Perera
Early Historical Clay Cist Graves at Kalotuwawa (Sri Lanka)

Luise Lorenz
Ifri …